Tsimpsean Peninsula
| Feature Type: | Peninsula - Elongated projection of land into a body of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Pronounced: | SIM shin |
| Relative Location: | Extending NW from Prince Rupert, between Chatham Sound and Work Channel, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°24'15"N, 130°11'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/8 |
| Related Maps: |
103J/1 103J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tsimpsean Peninsula adopted in the 19th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 July 1927. Confirmed 3 July 1946 on C.3702. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Investigation by the Geographic Board to determine the spelling of the name reveals a multiplicity of spellings such as: Tsimshean, Timshian, Chimsain, Tsimpsian, Tsimp-Sheean, Chimsyan. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Named after the local Indians. Tsimpsean means "the people at the mouth of the Kshian (the Skeena River)" (from 1001 B.C. Place Names, 1969). Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |